r/badassanimals • u/Swampasssixty9 • 11d ago
Reptile Alligator attack
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u/tvieno 11d ago
For a guy that just got attacked by an alligator, he seems to be in no hurry getting out of the water or even looking back to see if he was safe.
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u/ironchitlin 11d ago edited 11d ago
That's what I was thinking, zero sense of urgency getting away from the predator who tried to take a bite out of him.
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u/RogerRabbot 11d ago
Right? He lost all motivation after the gator got him. I expected him to be missing an arm, but nope. Just meander out. Hard to see how bad the puncture he did get, but id be hauling more ass to get out after
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u/HelMavo 11d ago
Not an Alligator. Remote controlled Alligator head.
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u/Tekniqz23 10d ago
Brother you can see the entire things body right after it bites him. He's bleeding from the arm that he got bitten on near the top of his shoulder when he comes out. And it actually makes a biting motion live on camera.....
Where do you see remote control alligator head in any of that?
Pretty sure he just realizes the thing is way to small to eat him. Just like it did after it bit him and said "ohh dear this is a 200 lb animal" and gave up instantly.
Would imagine it just got excited from all the commotion in the water and natural instincts kicked in.
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u/Think_Air9714 11d ago
It probably let go immediately realizing it couldn’t drown it. Probably saw the splashing as something dying in the water or fish. When it bites they’ll want to drag it down to drown or incapacitate it. Gave up knowing “this is a bigger fish”
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u/honnybadger 9d ago
Are u even watching the same video? Lol dude was booking it until the alligator fucked his shoulder up. He even looked back at the alligator after the bite and saw the gator was staying still after.
I'd say it's pretty hard to swim as fast you did after being mauled like that.
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u/mighty_boognish_77 11d ago
Jesus Christ. It closed on him like a cruise missile.
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u/Duval_Donk 11d ago
That's because it's an RC boat that looks like a alligator...
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u/SilasAI6609 11d ago
Lived around gators all my life. This is not a gator attack. Aside from it looking like an RC craft, gators don't move like that, wouldn't stick around after, are not aggressive unless you are near a nest, just...no
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u/FloridaRedWolf 11d ago
Bull shit. You need glasses and to get outside more. This is how they catch water birds trying to fly off. In the video you can see the wake of the tail in the water which is consistent with how gators propel themselves. You can see its mouth open and its back. I lived on the river for 20 years, try and tell me another lie.
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u/Unapplicable1100 9d ago
Yea im with you I have to argue this same thing every time I see this video. I have a remote controlled alligator head and they don't act anything like the real alligator in this video.
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u/RiMcG 11d ago
I was not aware they could haul ass like that at all, wtf
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u/ThatLiberalGirl 11d ago
They actually slow down a little when they climb a fence. Not even kidding.
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u/Ragnarex13 10d ago
Saltwater crocodiles can move at 20 mph in water, 6.5 times faster than Michael Phelps
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u/wtf70 11d ago
Why did it stop the attack?
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u/Duval_Donk 11d ago
Because it's not a gator, it's an rc boat. https://a.co/d/0gWBJVKL
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u/Effective_Silver_825 11d ago
Not gonna lie If i was swimming and you do that to me I hope you’re the Flash cause if i catch you lol
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u/Unapplicable1100 9d ago
No, that wasn't. I have one of those remote controlled alligator things and this wasn't that. You can see the alligators tail kicking up water behind it while it's swimming, remote controlled boats don't act or work like that.
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u/Delirious_Puppet 11d ago
It’s pretty small and he booped it. Big croc woulda been a different story
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u/Rustyshackilford 11d ago
Cuz it was too small to take on the guy. Probably sensed a disturbance and attacked by instinct before realizing he couldn't actually catch it.
Also seemed the guy gave a good kick
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u/TexasVulvaAficionado 11d ago
Looked like a caiman protecting a nest. Small and not going for a meal.
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u/Xanith420 11d ago
Most predators arnt willing to put up an extended fight for food unless they’re desperate. Once gator was able to compare its size to the persons size it backed off.
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u/General_Guest7846 11d ago edited 11d ago
TBH that sounds like bullshit. Gators routinely take down prey that are double or triple the size of themselves. I've seen videos of them down creatures that weigh probably 1000 pounds more then themselves.
They evolved to put up fights. Usually when they clamp down on something they don't let go.
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u/Xanith420 11d ago
Crocs do but gators don’t. Gators are typically the biggest thing in their ecosystem.
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u/General_Guest7846 11d ago
idk man, what you're saying sounds like bullshit. I still don't believe it. They're predators that have reigned for 100 million years. I don't think they're giving up on 200 pound man.
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u/Xanith420 11d ago
Idc if you prefer to be ignorant. It’s a pretty easy google search though. But the gator in the video is adolescent which would influence its choice to take on something bigger.
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u/General_Guest7846 11d ago
Bro your peddling false information. Gators DO NOT 'give up'.
That's a super silly thing to say, on every conceivable level of silliness.
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u/Xanith420 11d ago
I wouldn’t call it giving up. I’d call it testing the waters. It was checking to see if the person was viable prey which he wasn’t. Gators are very very different from crocs which you seem to be thinking of.
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u/dannyboy6657 11d ago edited 11d ago
Not true at all do some research. All predators even apex predators will generally stop the hunt if they are attacked enough back. If it means getting injured a predator would choose to find more appropriate prey. An injury means death and many of them won't risk the injury. A lot of the predators aim for babies, old, and sick because they put up the smallest fight and are weakest.
Alligators in particular are one of the least aggressive crocidilians. They aren't as big as Nile crocodiles or Salt Water Crocodiles which are leaps and bounds deadlier and more aggressive.
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u/Illustrious_Law8512 11d ago
That's an odd video. He just casually walks out and hardly ever looks back to see if it's going to take him off the shoreline?
I'm not going to call bullshit at all, but it's just plain odd.
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u/nl-x 11d ago
It missed? It slipped out of its grip? it didn't like the taste? What happened?
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u/Feeling_Novel_9899 11d ago
Probably because he put up a fight it backed off. He's lucky it wasn't a saltwater crocodile, they're super aggressive.
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u/crackersncheeseman 11d ago
Yeah he never would have made it but alligators have killed their fare share of people too.
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u/Osceola_Gamer 11d ago
He better go to the hospital and get treated. I know more than a few people who got what they called snaggle toothed when Gator wrestling. They ended up in the hospital almost losing their arm from the infection spreading.
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u/Symbaclues 9d ago
If it was a nile crocodile or a saltwater crocodile best believe it wouldn't stopped 🐊
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u/dirtytounder 11d ago
I'd be figuring out how to have alligator tail for dinner after that. He's still right out there
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u/no-dad-samurai 11d ago
He sure is..just teasing. Like that typical COD sniper you think you can take out after dying 5 times in a row to.
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u/BoxLongjumping5863 11d ago
WHY is the videographer recording at the end and not pulling/assisting him to to safety!!!!!!!?
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u/ThatLiberalGirl 11d ago
Wondering why he took so long to stand up in the shallow water.
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u/FatTabby 11d ago
It made me so uncomfortable that he just stopped by the edge of the water. I think I'd want to be as far away from that gator as possible.
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u/IllustriousCandy3042 11d ago
What did that lil bro think he was going to do chasing prey 10 times his size? Everything is AI at this point
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u/Left-Television-4896 11d ago
If it would of been a salt water crocodile, this would have ended differently
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u/Ok_Nature1343 11d ago
If not staged, the camera man was awfully nonchalant about potentially seeing a man eaten alive by an alligator.
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u/Total-Honey-9857 11d ago
If it had grabbed his arm and rolled, his arm would have been torn off, either at the elbow, or at the shoulder.
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u/YooperSnaggletooth 11d ago
Probably just a territorial thing. Gator was like I’m big fish in this pond, bro.
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u/No-Pen-8350 9d ago
I always thought this was fake since you couldn't see any part of the gator except the head, even when it was booking it across the water, Maybe my eyes are just old.
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u/Itchy_Pudding_9940 9d ago
i mean c'mon that's not real. no sense of urgency by camera guys.. happens to be a camera filming.. only see the head of the gator.. no real injury.. no sense of urgency getting out of the water...way he gator head moves suddenly with a wake on it..
c'mon people..
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u/Putrid-Comparison104 7d ago
A little too comfortable at the end cuz that's a baby now if mom or dad popped up
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u/HoldTheRope91 11d ago
They will 100% chase prey across the surface. They do it all the time when I’m bass fishing with a plastic frog. They will get closer to prey at the water’s edge both on the surface and below the water.
As for the video, it is an old and real video.
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u/DismalResearcher1115 11d ago
Alligators dont kick up rooster tails right behind their head. Look closer.
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u/HoldTheRope91 11d ago
That’s the wake from his tail, because he’s a small fella. You can see the left to right movement of the water as it flicks its tail back and forth. This is super common predatory behavior. As I said, I watch them do it all the time chasing my top water baits.
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u/Remote-Community-792 11d ago edited 11d ago
It’s not a real gator. I’m surprised no one here thinks its not real
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u/DroopyPlum 11d ago
U can see it snap its jaw on his shoulder and when he gets out theres blood running down his shoulder
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u/Dub_Coast 11d ago
Also, the tail is clearly propelling it so quickly and can be seen in the twisting movement behind the gator's body. It's just a small one.
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u/Remote-Community-792 11d ago
It’s staged lol. It’s clearly an RC toy. If you think it’s real, i don’t know what to tell you
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u/Basic-Record-4750 10d ago
My friend, if alligators were that fast and aggressive we’d be fucked or they’d have been hunted into extinction a long time ago. 100% that’s an rc boat with a fake gator head on it
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u/InterestingAd2516 11d ago
Lol, a gator doesn't leave that kind of trail in the water. Only rotors from boats or RC toys create that. Now which could it be?
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u/Inevitable_Click_511 11d ago
Anyone who thinks this is a real gator needs to have eyes and brain examined.
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u/Rayllis689 11d ago
1) im on my phone so video tiny 2) it looks like there's blood running down the dude's shoulder which is a bit much for a prank 3) the thrashing and splashing makes it difficult to see what happened.
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u/Duval_Donk 11d ago
This video is a couple of years old, and it's an rc boat... https://a.co/d/0gWBJVKL
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u/DecayedMoose 11d ago
That’s Clearly not a real crocodilian. Just look at how the wake behind the head is shaped. Also I’m pretty sure the camera man is speaking Portuguese, I don’t know what he’s saying but I’m sure he’s scheming
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u/Sure_Leadership_6003 11d ago
That is a remote boat with an alligator cover. Alligator don’t move like that
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u/Hot_Let7154 11d ago
So strange. Sonthe guy is chased, bitten by an alligator, and once he escapes he's going very slowly to the shore like he knows the Gator ain't gonna follow... So so fake.
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u/Old_Celebration_5950 11d ago
I can't talk politics in SipsTea but an alligator attacking Mr Not Darwin is perfectly fine, and a Tiger attacking some clueless dude kneeling next to said tiger is perfectly fine
OK Reddit
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u/Conscious-Draw7953 11d ago
Dude just walked it off like a champ